Sometime in the middle of last week, Brian and I hit a wall. Neither of us is what you would call a detail person. We’re best at planning an overall strategy or figuring out how elements fit together into a larger system, and we struggle with keeping track of the little things. When you undertake…
who are the watsons?
We are a 30-something married couple who decided to leave behind our home, careers and comfortable Silicon Valley lifestyle to try a new course. Join us as we travel the world to learn about other cultures, lifestyles and ways to generate income beyond the traditional 9-5.
Tag Archive: travel preparation
The big purge
For the last several months, we’ve been telling friends and family not to gift us with anything. No presents, no hand-me-downs, nothing… Our goal has been to cut down our possessions to the bare essentials (or to the we-can’t-part-with-this-for-sentimental-reasons level), so inviting anything new into our homes was undesirable. Before the end of the last…
What’s the plan, man?
A friend asked me to explain our travel plan today. I gave him the same answer we’ve given everyone: “We’re flying to Hawaii first. We’ll spend four months on the Big Island and then we’re going to Japan.” He followed with, “How long are you staying in Japan?” “I don’t know,” I said. “And where…
Human Pincushion Experiment
It is with great pleasure that I announce we have reached the end of our pre-trip human pincushion experiment. For the last six months, Brian and I have periodically visited our local travel medicine clinic for a variety of punctures, as the lovely doctors and nurses there call them. Today I received the final three…
